Browne, John Lothian

1857 -

• Name	Browne, John Lothian
  	VARIANT NAMES: Broune, Lothean; Brown, John L.
  Born	1 May 1857	Scotland, Eng., UK   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business Address/Year	Jul 1892-1893?	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: 437 Columbia St. Ellard Block, opposite London House New Westminster, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1885	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Columbia St. New Westminster, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1886-1891	Kamloops, BC
  Business Address/Year	Apr 1891-Jul 1892	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: 435 Columbia St. Wintemute Block New Westminster, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1894	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Eighth St. New Westminster, BC Canada
  Business Address/Year	1893-ca. 1898	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: 24 Sixth St. New Westminster, BC Canada
  Home Address/Year	1894-1898	New Westminster, BC
  	Address: Seventh St. west side between Fourth and Fifth Ave. New Westminster, BC Canada
  Association	Sunbeam Photo Studio (Relationship: Manager)
  Association	Gale, Mina (Relationship: Undefined)
  Association	Reid and Browne (Relationship: Partner)
  Association	Welsh, Howard Milton (Relationship: Employee)
  Person ID	I459	Camera Workers | B, vol. 1, 1858-1900
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2017

  
  

• Documents		Sunbeam Photo and Art Company's ad, News-Advertiser (Vancouver), 1891 10 17.
  		Sunbeam Photo and Art Company's ad from the Williams Illustrated Official British Columbia Directory 1892.

  
  

• Notes

  STATUS: Commercial. BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: After establishing a photo studio in New Westminster around 1885 he moved to Kamloops and opened a studio there the following year. He branched out into groceries and dry goods between 1889 and 1890. The 1889 directory showed him in partnership as Reid and Browne, photographer. In Apr 1891 he moved back to New Westminster and opened the Sunbeam Photo and Art Company Ltd. that Dec. The Vancouver newspaper noted that An entirely unique department will be stated in connection with the gallery of art, in the shape of a circulating art library, containing the latest press studies in oil and water colors, to be rented for copying. Browne appears to have remained in New Westminster as a photographer until 1897 or 1898 when he returned to Kamloops and opened a barbershop. The business directory of 1895 showed him in both Kamloops and New Westminster as a barber and photographer respectively. A J.L. Browne also showed up in Durham, ON, as a photographer in the 1897 business directory. He was listed as photographer in New Westminster in the 1894 and 1898 List of Voters. Browne served as an alderman in Kamloops in 1901, 1902 and 1907. The 12 May 1891 Canada census shows him employed as a photographer in New Westminster, age 33; his wife was named Barbara and their three sons were William, Ivan R. and Carl. The 5 Apr 1901 Canada census shows him employed as a photographer in Durham, ON, age 43; his wife is Barbara (b. 9 Sep 1862), but only two of their three sons are listed, William B. (b. 9 Sep 1884) and Carl S. (b. 6 Jun 1890), both born in B.C. REFERENCES: WIL85; MAL87; WIL89; WIL89; HEN90; HEN91; WIL92; WIL93; WIL94; WIL95; LOV97; WIL97; WIL99; Voters List, 1890 (Nicola Valley, Broune, Lothean), 1894, 1898; B.C. Commercial Journal, 1891 04 07/5; (Vancouver) News-Advertiser, 1891 12 10/6, 1892 07 20/6; Letter, Kamloops Museum-Archives to Mattison, 1981 11 03.

  
  

• Sources

  [S720] Census of Canada 1891. "Browne John" Province of B.C., District no. 2, Sub-district 18, p. 6, line 2 [S647] Census of Canada 1901. "Browne John L." Province of Ontario, District no. 66 Grey South, Sub-district no. C, Polling sub-division no. 3 in Durham, p. 2, line 9